A Simple Level Set Method for Solving Stefan Problems

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-29

  Chen, S ^a   Merriman, B ^b   Osher, S ^b   Smereka, P ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLIDIFICATION;

DENDRITIC SOLIDIFICATION; HEAT EQUATION; IMPLICIT FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; LEVEL SET APPROACH; LEVEL SET METHOD; LIQUID PHASIS; SIMPLE++; SOLID PHASIS; SOLID-PHASE; STEFAN PROBLEM;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0002631224     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1997.5721     Document Type: Article

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